And Then The Dragons Arrived...

Let's try this. Give me the opening line of a book (any book) but add "and then the dragons arrived."


It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen... And then the dragons arrived.

(1984 by George Orwell)

 

The story so far: in the beginning, the universe was created ... and then the dragons arrived ...

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952)

 

In the beginning God created heaven, and earth...and then the dragons arrived.

(The Bible, Douay-Rheims version)

 

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded yellow sun... and then the dragons arrived.

From The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

 

Duke Russel is not guilty of the unspeakable crimes for which he was convicted; nonetheless, he is scheduled to be executed for them in one hour and forty-five minutes....And then the dragons arrived.

 

Captain First Rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Navy was dressed for the Arctic conditions normal to the Northern Fleet submarine base at Polyarnyy. And then the dragons arrived.

 

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. And then the dragons arrived.

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson